Hi there and welcome to the blog home of ME! - Author Taryn Raye.
I'm just a lil' ol' scribbling butterfly, who's ready to burst from my cocoon & spread my wings. So glad you've stopped by to join in my journey in this writerly world.

Monday, July 16, 2012

Impromptu Monday Visit from #author @suzannelilly New #Book Release!

Help me in welcoming the wonderful Suzanne Lilly, fellow Turquoise Morning Press author, to my blog this Monday morning. She has a new book out and would love it if you'd check it out!

What book(s) most
influenced you as a writer?

A Prayer for Owen
Meany by John Irving. I read this years ago, and the way he wove all the
details together into one seamless story left me in awe. I only hope that
someday I will be that talented as a writer.

What book do you read
over and over again?

Chocolat by Joanne
Harris. I’m telling you, her writing is lyrical, and every time I read this
book or the sequel, The Girl With No
Shadow, I’m completely drawn into her world.

Tuesday Trio-

1)Movie-
Shadows in the Sun. It’s about a writer who travels to Italy and falls in love
with a woman, her family, and the country. Another fabulous one, (because I
can’t choose just one,) is Letters to Juliet. Again, it’s in Italy, it’s about
writing, and falling in love.

2)Music-
This is going to show my age, but I’m a Beatles fan. I still listen to their
music in my car.

3)Decadent
Dessert- Chocolate Volcano Cake. My daughter-in-law makes the best in the
world!

What’s the most
interesting or bizarre bit of trivia you’ve learned from researching for a
novel?

While writing a novel
about the gold rush in California, I learned that a gold nugget weighing 160
pounds was found in 1854 at Carson Hill in Calaveras County. That amount of
gold would be worth almost $5,000,000 today!

Novel on your Nightstand:

Who/what are you
currently reading?

Crush, by Dani
LaBue.

Whom would you cast
as your Hero & Heroine if your book became a movie?

Jennifer Lawrence from Hunger Games would make an awesome
Mariah Davis.

Taylor Kitsch from John Carter is my Kevin Creamer.

Shades
of the Future,
by Suzanne Lilly available July 15, 2012.

What
would you give to see the future? Would you make your dreams come true? Would
you change the things you didn’t like?

Mariah
Davis loves animals, running, and her hunk of a boyfriend, Kevin Creamer.
Everything looks bright for her until the day she finds a pair of sunglasses
that allow her to see the future.

When
she glimpses a disaster looming, she tries to avoid it but fails. She has a car
accident that lands her in a wheelchair, smashing her hopes for a running
scholarship to the veterinary program at Ohio State University. She pushes
Kevin away, thinking he’ll want to end their relationship now that she can’t
walk.

Will
she ever learn to trust and love again? She could search for an answer in the
sunglasses. But she’s afraid what they reveal might destroy her.

Here’s a short excerpt from Chapter 1

Mariah scooted closer to the inside of the booth to read the
digital display. As she slid across the red vinyl seat, something poked into
her thigh.

“Hey, somebody left a pair sunglasses here.” She picked them
up, rubbing her leg where the frame had made a dent in her skin.

“Those are nice,” Hayley commented between fries.

“These aren’t random sunglasses. These are Dita Aviators.”
Mariah turned them over, checking the thin metal frame to make sure she hadn’t
bent it. She held them up to the overhead light. The lenses were clean and
unscratched. “Plus, they’re like brand new.”

“Let me see them.” Hayley took the glasses out of her
friend’s hands and started to put them on.

“Give them back,” Mariah told her. “Your hands are all
greasy and cheesy. Not to mention saliva-y.”

Hayley laughed and handed the aviators back across the table
to Mariah. “When I have clean hands, I’ll try them on. They’ll look good on
me.”

“You think?
How do they look on me?” She put them on and a warm tingle of fun washed
through her veins.

A word or two from Suzanne about what she's up to this month-

I’ll
be on blog tour during the month of July, celebrating with a giveaway of a pair
of designer sunglasses to one lucky commenter. I’ll be posting the schedule
with dates and blogs on my author website, http://www.suzannelilly.com,
and my TeacherWriter blog, http://www.teacherwriter.net.
Follow me and comment each day to increase your chances of winning!

I'm glad you asked that, Margaret, because at the end of July, I'm giving away a pair of designer sunglasses from Shoebuy.com to one lucky commenter on this blog tour. Thanks for stopping by, and you too, Evelyn! Thanks for having me on the blog today, Taryn!

Thanks everyone for stopping by to visit and Suzanne, thank you for being here. I'm also eagerly looking forward to time when I can delve into all the new Honey Creek books. I agree with Margaret- we need more hours in the day! (or those sunglasses!)

Sorry for jumping on late, but I want to check out your blog tour and the new places you're interviewing. Have a girlfriend who writes for Turquoise Press so I want to support them as well. Taryn, your book sounds so fun. What a great story concept! I'll catch you at the next site.